Join Kizuna Dance for a cross-cultural production that blends Japanese culture, streetdance, and contemporary dance; featuring works that span the company’s history, including a brand-new work that pushes the boundaries of contemporary floorwork. Follow three businessmen as they struggle to balance an insatiable drive to succeed with a desperate desire to rediscover intimacy in “Koibito”; discover the three sins in Buddhism through comedic tidbits of pop culture in “Three Poisons,” and explore Manabu Ikeda’s complex visual artwork through flowing, hyper-physical movement in “Foretoken.”

Tickets: $30 all seats ($5.00 early registration discount if purchased before August 3)

Explore Cameron McKinney’s NAGARE technique – which activates oppositional forces and contrasting sensations to achieve fluid transitions – in this two-hour workshop that combines the grace of modern dance with the speed and fluidity of streetdance, capoeira, and house dance. Focus on how to move smoothly from high to low to high again through dance phrases that involve every part of the body while rediscovering “the down” through floorwork from contemporary dance forms. By shifting the focus from an internal dialogue to creating movement that tells a story, the class will delve deeper into the cathartic potential of sweat and exhaustion, while offering a new and active method of expression. This workshop introduces a unique approach to contemporary floorwork, while also exploring the rawness of underground streetdance.

Join Caspian Monday Music, led by artistic director Sir Thomas Zajkowski, for two special concerts in August at Highland Center for the Arts. These gifted chamber musicians will sweep you away with music from Bach, Elgar, Mozart, and Tchaikovsky.

“If you’ve seen them before, you already know. And if you’ve never seen them, words won’t do them justice. Le Vent du Nord is one of the best bands touring today, no matter your musical taste” (Syracuse News Time). Since its inception in August 2002, Le Vent du Nord has enjoyed meteoric success, performing well over 1,800 concerts over five continents and racking up several prestigious awards, including a Grand Prix du Disque Charles Cros, two Junos (Canada’s Grammys), a Félix at ADISQ, a Canadian Folk Music Award, and “Artist of the Year” at the North American Folk Alliance Annual Gala. On stage these friends create intense, joyful, and dynamic live performances that expand the bounds of tradition in striking global directions. This is the modern sound of tradition, a music of the here and now.

Tickets: $10 all seatsBuy tickets for all four silent films and save $10! (discount will be applied automatically when you have placed tickets for all four films in your basket)

The Silent Film series spans four dates from June through September.

A re-telling of the classic Snow White from the Brothers Grimm, Blancanieves is a breathtakingly beautiful homage to the black-and-white Golden Age of European silent cinema, set in a romanticized 1920s Seville.

Runtime: 105 min.

Other Films in the Series: “The Artist”, Charlie Chaplin’s ” The Kid” with Live Piano Accompaniment, and “Our Hospitality” with Live Piano Accompaniment.

“...fine music masterfully played and sung.” - Rob Resnik, Vermont Public Radio

After falling in love with HCA at their sold out show in 2017,Willa Mamet & Paul Miller return to play you their take on your best-loved classics and their searingly-worded originals.

Two voices and a guitar, like you’re all around the kitchen table. This night at HCA will also have Mamet at the grand piano. Folk, country, Americana, and grassy soul in one intimate, acoustic evening. Hear what happens when two dear friends love each other and the music — and bring you along for the ride.